On Dec. 14, 20 chil­dren and six adults went to school at Sandy Hook El­ementary in Newtown, Conn., and they never got to leave.

A gunman, carrying three weapons and dressed in black clothing and a bulletproof vest, took the lives of those people.

The gun he used to kill his vic­tims was a .233 caliber rifle, a fire­arm made for combat.
This semi-automatic Bushmas­ter assault rifle allows its shooter to fire more than 60 rounds per minute and can reload in seconds.

These are not used to hunt. They are not used for sport. They are used to kill people in combat.

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